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[Kris015]

Apparently Tool writes like Stephen King.. Weird

 

[DuplicateValue]

thats sounds... dirty? what is oofuri? what is yaoi?

Ah, you're not into anime I see.

Well, "Oofuri" is short for Ookiku Furikabutte, a baseball anime.
And yaoi is guy-on-guy romance.

And no, it's not dirty (well, not the one I'm writing anyway) - just cute. =]

 

[JoJo]

I'm about to put in part of an incomplete wacky-fantasy novel I wrote a few months ago, which was mainly about lobsters, religion-magic and space...

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Result: Vladimir Nabokov

Me: "Wait, who's that?"

*check's list of books*

Result: "...Lolita"

*facepalms*

 

[Vie]

I thought I'd try putting some spam text, you know that garbage they have at the bottom to try and sneak past the filters?, and you will never guess who it came up with.

http://iwl.me/s/b3a26720

 

[FallenTraveler]

Apparently my journal entries are like stephen king

my creative writing is like doctorow

and my rough drafts of short stories are like Rowling...

this seems odd.

 

[Baby Tea]

I've had lots of weird results. I plugged in different portions of a naval history paper I wrote and it came back with Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mario Puzo. I'm wondering how much is based on content and how much is based on style.

That's an interesting point.
I put in a chapter of some Oblivion fan-fiction I wrote, and I got back 'Daniel Dafoe'. A few other chapters got me Dan Brown. Another one got me Margret Atwood, another got me Margaret Mitchell, and the last got me Ian Flemming.

So I have no idea what to make of this.

 

[Keava]

Apparently i write like Kurt Vonnegut. I like that idea. I like his books, especially Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five.

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

herp derp herp derp herp derp herp derp - By Agatha Christie
vampiers twilight werewolvers eclipse - by H.G.Wells
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And when I post I write like... David Foster Wallace.

I'm fine with this.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

So far, I've gotten William Gibson and Stephen King.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

I ran the prologue to a humorous fantasy I've been working on through it. Apparently, I write like Ursula K. le Guin. That irks me a bit- I was aiming for a Douglas Adams feel.

 

[Lolth17]

I put in two different paragraphs of the same piece and got two different answers... so yeah, not so impressed =(

 

[KingGolem]

Wow, that's cool. Thanks for sharing, buddy. I ran four of my short stories and one research paper through the application, and I got these four writers:

Arthur C. Clarke - 2 short stories, one science fiction, one fantasy
David Foster Wallace - 1 short story, horror
Chuck Palahniuk - 1 short story, fantasy
H. P. Lovecraft - 1 recent Calculus research paper

Righteous.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I uploaded three attempts at short stories I've written - I got J.R.R Tolkien (for a narrative poem fantasy thing), Cory Doctorow (for the only story I'm taking vaguely seriously), and... Stephanie Meyer. This is because I used the word 'werewolf', isn't it?

 

[Stilt-Man]

When I submitted an essay, it said I wrote like David Foster Wallace. I'm not familiar with him, so I can't comment, really.

When I submitted a short story with many, many spelling errors, made-up words, and intentionally bad grammar, it said I wrote like Dan Brown.

When I submitted my grocery list, it said I wrote like Steven King.

When I submitted a paragraph composed entirely of 39 nonexistent words, it said I wrote like Mark Twain.

And finally, when I submitted a series of common Haitian prayers in Creole, it said I wrote like Raymond Chandler.

I think I'm going to take the site's analysis with a grain of salt, and enjoy it as the novelty for which it was [hopefully] intended. Thanks for posting this, topic-creator!

*snip*

Love the avatar, pal. Haven't even thought of Myst in awhile. I believe I'm due for a trip down memory lane...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Thanks to Joe Posnanski's blog, I found a link to a rather interesting little application that uses statistical analysis on word choice and writing style to find out which famous writer one most writes similar to. For kicks, I ran some Escapist editors through it. (If I had something of my own of a few paragraphs to write, I'd run myself too.)

Unfortunately this has already had major coverage and it looks like the program is almost entirely random. Ebert had some very strong things to say against it.

 

[smurf_you]

I've only done it once... and when I put my story in I got Bram Stoker.....

 

[Jack and Calumon]

I write likeAnalyze your writing! [http://iwl.me/w/cfe99843]



Used the first chapter from my little book. I think that's quite the the compliment.

Calumon: I write like Stephen King...
Why do I think this is silly?

 

[natural20]

Apparently my novel reads like Chuck Palahniuk. Wasn't expecting that.